# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百二十一条の二 (Article 121-2) - Law: 破産法 (Bankruptcy Act), 平成十六年法律第七十五号 - English title "Bankruptcy Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第百二十一条の二 (Article 121-2)（映像等の送受信による通話の方法による一般調査期日） — address `art-121-2` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-121-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-121-2 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百二十一条の二（映像等の送受信による通話の方法による一般調査期日） — (Ordinary Date of Investigation Based on Communication Using Audiovisual Transmissions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-121-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-121-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-121-2 **第一項** 裁判所は、相当と認めるときは、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、裁判所並びに破産者、破産管財人及び届出をした破産債権者が映像と音声の送受信により相手の状態を相互に認識しながら通話をすることができる方法によって、一般調査期日における手続を行うことができる。 art-121-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-121-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-121-2/par-1 Pursuant to the provisions of the Rules of the Supreme Court, the court may perform procedures on an ordinary date of investigation using a means that enables the court, the bankrupt, the bankruptcy trustee, and the holders of filed bankruptcy claims to communicate with one anotherthrough audio and visual transmissions while gaining an awareness of one another' situation if the court finds it appropriate to do so. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の一般調査期日に出頭しないでその手続に関与した破産者、破産管財人及び届出をした破産債権者は、その一般調査期日に出頭したものとみなす。 art-121-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-121-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-121-2/par-2 The bankrupt, bankruptcy trustee, or holder of a filed bankruptcy claim without appearing on an ordinary date of investigation under the provisions of the preceding paragraph but participates in the proceedings is deemed to have appeared on that ordinary date of investigation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-121-2/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第百二十一条の二第一項 (Article 121-2, paragraph (1)), art-121-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-121-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-121-2/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第百二十一条の二第二項（映像等の送受信による通話の方法による一般調査期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-121-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-121-2/par-2 - 破産法 第百二十二条第二項（特別調査期日における調査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-122/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-122/par-2 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 破産法 — the text in force from 2026-05-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/416AC0000000075/20260521_505AC0000000053), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Bankruptcy Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4895/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 204 — 破産法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19